Is this normal stomach pain?

So my doctor's office doesn't take general phone calls/questions. Either you call the on-call doctor in an emegency or show up at the hospital to be assessed by triage. This makes it hard for a FTM like me to know if what I am experiencing is ok or not.

I'll be 23 weeks tomorrow and in the past week about half way through the day my stomach gets "sore." Kind of like a dull ache but it's all over. Kind of feels like the baby feels heavy in my lower abdomen. It does not come and go. It's constant....but very dull. It makes me want to lie down and relax. Sometimes it subsides if I rest a while....other days it doesn't go away until I go to sleep.

Does this sound like normal pregnancy aches? Could it just be my stomach/muscles adjusting to a growing belly and baby? Or does this seem bad? I have no discharge, no sharp or intense pains, no burning when I pee...etc. I just want some peace of mind. Thanks.

OK.....that is what I was thinking. I just needed to hear it from someone else!!! It definitely doesn't seem like contractions...especially since I have it all day sometimes! I hope that's what it is. I have an appt a week from Friday, so hopefully I can make it until then. I hate to go into triage just to be told it's normal. It doesn't feel like an emergency to me....the uncertainty it bothering me more than anything. Thanks for commenting! I appreciate it.

Prob normal, I have it too. Everything is expanding including our ribs so I'm pretty sure it's normal for us to be achy. My hospital there is no way to talk to the dr only nurses and they are rude ALL of the time. I am a FTM also so it's pretty annoying to me. It's not like I know what's happening, and this is their job. Blah. At the drs office now been waiting forever!

I think its normal. Maybe you are bloated? Some days i feel fine and pretty light but some days i just feel so heavy like my baby weights a ton! and i do get those dull cramps too. but just to be safe i would recommend you to contact your doctor and find out..

to me, it sounds like braxton hicks. My belly does it on and off all day and night (especially when I have to pee) and they start very early in my pregnancies. If you are super busy, they can get stronger and last a while. And they do hurt, a little... nothing like the real thing, there's no mistaking that, but uncomfortable, to say the least. As long as it subsides eventually, no matter what it is, I wouldn't worry. I keep telling my husband, pregnancy is not a glamorous thing. It only looks that way. lol

It's normal. I started freaking out too when I would get that feeling but everyone reassured me that it was just growing pains. You'll feel a lot of that but as long as you dont see any blood come out you'll be fine. Don't worry about your pregnancy 24/7 because if you do, you won't be able to enjoy it =]

I am assuming it is normal, it happened to me a couple days last week. I just took it easy. Low dull ache felt weird like my uterus was going to fall out or something. But it went away. I took a nap and tylenol.